Accelerace

Company

Investment-firm

Last deal

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

01.03.2019

Date

2

all rounds

$1.69M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
Accelerace is a top seed accelerator investing in promising startups.

Industry

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founded date

01.01.2008

Number of employees

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

Founded in Copenhagen in 2008, Accelerace invests in fintech, edtech, cleantech, IoT, digital health, foodtech, biotech, medtech, utilities, and media sectors. They have supported over 800 startups and made 70+ pre-seed investments. Accelerace believes in nurturing talented individuals and their ideas through acceleration and investment. They have matched startups with industry-leading companies and are responsible for managing the NOME mentoring program for Nordic life science startups.
Contacts

Contact Email

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Sub-Organizations
4

Nordea // Accelerace Matchmaking Network

Nordea // Accelerace Matchmaking Network connects startups with Nordea's Private Banking & Business Banking clients.

Sector

Banks

Subsector

Banks

Keywords

Financial Services, Banking, Venture Capital

Location

Copenhagen, Denmark
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Copenhagen FinTech Accelerator

Copenhagen FinTech Accelerator

Copenhagen FinTech and Accelerace launch fintech accelerator for sustainable companies.

Sector

General Industrials

Subsector

Diversified Industrials

Keywords

FinTech, Financial Services

Location

Copenhagen, Denmark
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Financials

Funding Rounds
2
2

Number of Funding Rounds

$1.69M

Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 01.03.2019. Their latest investor inQvation. Their latest round Venture - Series Unknown

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3
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People

Founders
1
Peter Torstensen
Peter Torstensen

Peter Torstensen

Peter Torstensen is the Chief Executive Officer at Accelerace Management A/s. Previously he has been employed at Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Seed Capital.

current job

Accelerace
Accelerace

Peter Torstensen

Employee Profiles
49
Nikolaj Wilckens

Nikolaj Wilckens

Student Analyst

Frederik Stoltze

Frederik Stoltze

Head of Marketing

Christine Ritter

Christine Ritter

NOME Associate & Venture Scout

Peter Birk, Ph.d.

Peter Birk, Ph.d.

Partner

Oliver Repenning

Business Accelerator & Investment Manager

Will Wright

Will Wright

Business Accelerator & Investment Manager

David Ventzel

David Ventzel

Fund Manager, Partner, Business Accelerator & Investment Director

Claus Kristensen

Claus Kristensen

Partner & Investment Manager

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